Reminiscences of the Civil War de General John B. Gordon

Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1993. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First paperback edition, third printing. Clean, tight copy.B&W Photographs.

Civil War Times, Gettysburg, 1974, (facsimile of 1904 ed.), 8vo., cloth, multiple owner's stamps inside & on foredges, G $

NY: Scribner's Sons. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1904. Second Edition. Hardcover. Spine has gone concave. ; illus.; 474 pages .

Morningside, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Limited Edition #217 of 300 printed. Bound in publisher's brown cloth. Gilt lettering. Confederate flags pictured on front board. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. 474 p.; 24 cm."Gordon had a way of putting things to the men that was irresistible, and he showed the men, at all times, that he shrank from nothing in battle on account of himself." - Lt. Gen. Thomas Stonewall Jackson. "Among the most entertaining of [generals'] memoirs," Freeman opined in Nevins, p.95, v.1. <br> General John Brown Gordon was born on February 6, 1832 in Upson City, Georgia. In early May of 1861 Gordon was commissioned a captain of the 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment and rose to the rank of Colonel by April 28, 1862. Colonel Gordon was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General on November 1, 1862. He was then put in charge of General Jubal Early's Division in the Army of Northern Virginia from April 11,… Leer más

Time Life Books. Fine. 1981. Leather_Bound. 0809442043 . Still stiff to open in navy leather boards with all gilt edges, marbled endpapers, and ribbon marker. About new. ; Collector's Library Of The Civil War; 474 pages .

GORDON, General John B. Reminiscences of the Civil War. N.Y., 1903. (Reprinted N.Y., 1981). Illus. 474pp. Orig. full leather. Part of the Collector's Library of the Civil War.

Archive Society. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1995. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Only defect to book is 1/4" cut to bottom spine edge; gray hardcover w/gilt page ends, marbled endpapers .

Harrisburg, PA: The Archive Society, 1995. Facsimile. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 1995 facsimile of 1903 original. Highlighting on three pages only. Gilt page ridges lightly scuffed. 474 pp. Grey boards with gilt page ridges. Marbled endpapers. "John Brown Gordon was one of the toughest Confederate generals in the Civil War. He was wounded multiple times during the Seven Days Battles and at Antietam, where he was hit 4 times and continued to fight until a bullet slammed him in the face, passing through his cheek and out his jaw. Robert E. Lee described Gordon to Jefferson Davis as "characterized by splendid audacity.” Although he was a tough fighter, Gordon was a good writer, and he had a story to tell. He'd fought in almost every major battle in the East, and he talked all about them in his memoir: Reminiscences of the Civil War. The memoir included fun anecdotes and analysis of the generalship.

Gettysburg, PA: Civil War Times, 1974. 474 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled. Illust. w/ b/w portraits. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books Inc., 1981. 476 pp. Original black leather covers w/ title in gilt. All edges gilt w/ red bookmark. Binding very bright and clean. Illust. w/ portraits. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.